My daughter weights 18 pounds and she was eating every 4 hours and now it is every two hours. SHe can sit up with a little bit of help and she brings stuff to her mouth all the time. I tried to feed her rice cereal but she wont take it and i have done it about 20 times. I was thinking about starting her on vetables but wasnt sure if it was bad or not!
2007-12-12 12:19:37 · 22 answers · asked by Unsil 2 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Newborn & Baby
Her digestive system is not ready for that at all! Just feed her the formula/breastmilk whenever she needs, she may just be going through a growth spurt.
My son is 4 1/2 months old and 19 pounds, so I know how you feel.He nurses all the time!
2007-12-12 12:23:21 · answer #1 · answered by ♥ϑεηηιƒετ♥ 5 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Babies are able to eat foods at 4 months or they wouldn't make foods for them. Its not because they can swallow it they should have it obviously, but you don't have to over protect your child either. The key is knowing all babies are individuals and will there for all be different. You should watch for ques that your baby is ready for first foods. Such as watching you eat and seeming interested, not being full after a normal feeding, needing feedings more often then 8-10 times a day etc. You can start with rice cereal for a few weeks and what you do is put about 1tbs of the cereal and about 4 tbs of formula/breast milk. As your baby gets better at eating it, increase the thickness of the cereal and the amount. After at least 2-3 weeks of using just rice cereal, you can try other babies foods designed for first foods. Foods that are SINGLE mix. For example carrots, peas, pears etc, NOT apple and berry etc. Nothing combined for a few months. Do not give them too many different kinds. What you will want to do is start with say carrots, and feed them ONLY carrots for a week. If there is no bad reaction of any kind, then try another say peas and do the same thing, nothing new for a week. This will see if your child has any allergies. You can do once a day for about a month, then twice a day for a month, and by the time 6 months rolls around they should be up to 3 times a day. Also doctors will recommend that you that you do rice for a while, then wheat, then multigrain. We did rice then started vegis. Our son did fine, hes 4mo 4wk,
2016-05-23 07:27:18 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would say it is bad. I think rice or oatmeal once a day is ok, but not the other stuff till 6 months+. All babies are different though, so I guess it just depends. Eating every 4 hours is what babies do, by the way. The have small bellies. When my son was 4 months old, he brought stuff to his mouth too, but that doesn't necessary mean that he/she is ready for veggies and fruits, as their digestive system is still developing. Like I said before, all children are different.
2007-12-12 13:07:52 · answer #3 · answered by RearFace@18mo. 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Every baby is a little different, if you have more than one child they will all do things at different stages, you have to go by each ones individual needs. It is ok to start her on strained foods at 4 months, some baby's never eat cereal, have you tried adding a couple spoons of it to her formula and a dash of Karo syrup? sometimes the sweet taste will do the trick.If you would rather spoon feed the cereal instead of putting it in the bottle, try adding a little applesauce to it or strained peaches. Good luck.
2007-12-12 12:30:32 · answer #4 · answered by onyx1 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My daughter wasnt too fond of cereal. We tried oatmeal with bananas, still didnt like it. You can probably start giving her bananas, applesauce, & pears baby food right now. Stick with one thing at a time and try it for 3 days to make sure she isnt allergic. Then move on to another food and see if she has an allergy to that. Then if she handles those fruits ok, you can try veggies like peas, carrots, squash, sweet potatos. I never gave my daughter any meat baby food, or anything really heavy.
My rule is, to try everything I feed her. If something looked or smelled really bad, I wouldnt feed it to her. So if it looks/ sounds a little unappealing, like lots of crazy combinations they come up with for baby food, dont give it to her.
And keep trying to push the cereal. It takes a while for them to get to liking it. My daughter started to like baby oatmeal more than cereal, so try that.
Good luck!!
2007-12-12 12:25:52 · answer #5 · answered by i_hrt_hollister 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your doctor would tell you to waut, however every child is different. My children all were hungry all the time. I started them on baby food about 4 months, they were eating soft table food about 7 months. They are all strong and healthy now. As long as you watch closley for choking, and as long as the baby has normal bowel movements. i think it is fine. If he/she becomes constipated STOP. But try it to see how it works, many babies in general have trouble starting foods. They are custom to sucking a bottle they dont understand the new texture. Keep trying. Dont introduce fruits, they baby will like the sweet taste and may not want the more health vegtables. GOOD LUCK!!
2007-12-12 12:25:49 · answer #6 · answered by TAB~loves~ZACK 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well let me tell you my so is now 16 months old i started him off with stage one foods when he was almost 3 months and he couldnt even sit yet ...if she can sit with a lil bit of help i see why not and i also started him with veggies rice cereal my son didnt like it just feed her stage one foods and see how she takes it ...lil by lil i dont think any harm will come to her
2007-12-12 12:31:42 · answer #7 · answered by AMIEE B 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I first started my son on applesauce at 4 months and he loved it. He liked the banana rice cereal and hated the plain. He was ready to try solids because he wanted to eat what i was eating. He also had his first two teeth come in. Its not bad at all. I would start on light things though and then get to vegetables a few weeks after trying the applesauce or banana.
2007-12-12 12:24:30 · answer #8 · answered by Hawai'i 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try oatmeal cereal. You're really supose to start w/ the cereals first & give it a wk before u introduce a new food & only introduce 1 new food at a time to be sure there's no allergic reaction. But it would be ok to give your baby a veggie.
2007-12-12 12:23:53 · answer #9 · answered by tanner 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I dont think there is anything wrong with that. They are actually now recommended to eliminate rice cereal from infants diets because it has hardly any nutritional value compared to milk or food. They recommend starting with the simple foods, such as stage 1 im guessing. Hope this helps
2007-12-12 13:07:11 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋